Reviews by Lemke10:

I got a 6pack of this from Woodman’s in Janesville, WI in October 2012.

It pours a cloudy copper orange color with a slight white head. Scent is rather mild with hints of hops and citrus. The taste is smooth and refreshing. The texture is perfect as is the amount of bitterness. The added hints of citrus and lemon zest add to the complexity of this reasonably priced brew. Overall, this is a fantastic tasting beer for under $8. Well done Bridgeport.

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4/5 rDev +4.4%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

First off thanks to my buddy hoppedup for the heads up on this beer,pours a slightly hazy peach color with a nice tight one finger gead leaving a sheet of lace behind.This beer is from Portland and its shown in the aroma big pine and citrus-grapefruit with just enough nutty malt to let you know its there,flavors as well citrusy hop dominated but there is a big malty backbone to hold up to the citrus and pine hoppiness to make this if not balanced at least highly drinkable.A nice new find here in Greensboro,a hoppy IPA to get the hop fix.

Appearance  Nice, light, cloudy orange in color with a big head that went down slowly and left a little bit of lacing on my Ruination glass.

Smell  Theres a good biscuit malt balance to this hoppy NW IPA. The hop aroma is led by some sharp, slightly-spiced citrus along with a tinge of grapefruit.

Taste  The balancing malt leads off the taste followed closely by the sharp hops. The two flavors mix well with the lingering grapefruit and granny apples.

Mouthfeel  This is the ales strong point, IMO. It is very smooth with a subtle yet bitter hop bite that gets the saliva glands in high gear. This one is definitely medium-bodied with a very crisp mouthfeel.

Drinkability  This is a classic NW IPA thats worth a look if youre in the area.

How could you not be drawn into the raw nature of this brew? It’s a bit “in your face” … a trait that has not changed over the years. Many layers for an IPA—we want to quaff this one back and dissect it at the same time. Our palates are happy to bask in this beer.

12 oz bottle. Pours a glowing golden with lots of tiny yeasties. The head is a large frothy white that retains and leaves some lacing.

The aroma is slightly sweet, earthy malts and very grassy, almost metallic, hops.

The flavor is sweet bready malts leading to a subdued english hop finish. There are some metallic, slightly skunky notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and smooth with a good amount of carbonation - slightly sharp.

Overall, a good English IPA. I prefer the over the top American style, but this is a nice change of pace.

Appearance: Sizeable frothy off white head leaves a web like trail down the glass, weathered and mildly hazed golden hue.

Smell: Hints of alcoholic esters, fruitiness from both the yeast and hops with a some biscuity grain thrown in there for extra measure.

Taste: Smooth and creamy mouth feel from the bottle conditioning showing a complex texture. Bitterness from the hops, fruitiness and a well rounded maltiness seem melded together in an almost seamless way. Hops are earthy in flavour, yeast drops a nuttiness on the tongue, esters are even with fruity undertones and malt is stable with a biscuity flavour throughout. Bitter finish as the brew dries on the palate.

Notes: Not as big compared to the many American IPAs but certainly just as flavourful. The best attribute about this brew is that it is bottle conditioned and by far adds more complexity than the usual American IPA. A nice spicy curry dish would go great or even a plate of buffalo wings.

Here are some notes of when we had this beer on tap at the brewery back in 08-14-1998:

Amber in colour with a fine white lace. Very slight chill haze is evident A complex mix of bread, hop leaf, grain and pale malt aromas with a hint of yeast. An up-front bitterness and a full semi citrusy hop oil flavour sit atop a fruity, dry malt, bready and caramel palate that is just as complex as the aroma. This brew is somewhat balanced but between the complexities and making the hops shine though bring it to be a fine IPA. 5.5% abv and 2 lbs of hops per barrel.

On tap at Barleys. Very nice Cascade aroma, with some sweet malts to back it up. Poured a hazy yellow/orange with a snow white head. Pleasant Cascade flavor with just the right bitterness. A bit thin with some harsh carbonation. Slightly astringent. Best beer of the day.

Thanks to 1hopmontster for this one...have been looking forward to this one since we started talking up a trade...did not disappoint.
Pours a cloudy, golden orange color with a full finger of snowy, bright white head that sticks around for most of the pint...and produces some impressive striated lace.
Bitter, piney hops in the nose...a touch of malt in the mix as it warms.
The taste is fantastic...sweet malt shines through to balance this offering out perfectly. Tons of resiny hops in the flavor, yet hitting me more like a hopped up English style IPA.
Mouthfeel is slightly above average and the carbonation makes this highly quaffable. Finishes bitter but not dry and the hops linger on the pallet with incredible flavor, yet not sweet.
Have to add this one to my handful of exceptional IPA's that would find it's way into constant rotation if only if it was available in my area...one can only hope I will find this one again in my travels.

With AKSmokedPorter and PhantomVodoo, I got a few of these from the group shipment we made this year.

Starting off, a nice golden color with rapdily-disappearing foam. Hoppy aroma, but not too much. I, too, expected a more distinct bitterness from the hops. Good balance of hops and malt. Very easy to drink more than one, it has a crisp mouthfeel with that really pleases.

Unimpressed. Pours orange-tan cloudy due to the brewer's yeast in the bottle. Aroma is great; hoppy, citrus, and piney. The taste is soap. Minor hops, some citrus and pine, but primarily soap. It reminds me of the cleaning product Simple Green. Would not recommed this IPA if you like West Coast IPA's.

I really enjoyed this beer and think this is a perfect example of an American
IPA on all levels. This is so well balanced in this world of over hoppy IPAs that are on the market now. Super smooth and the right amount of malt gave this a great mouthfeel which would make drinking a few of these an easy task to do on a nice summer's day.

A good IPA and good drinking beer. Served from a bottle with a careful pour to leave as much sediment behind as possible. Holding the bottle up to the light you can see some yeast still floating around in the bottle so not all will settle out.

Pours a slightly hazy copper with a white fluffy head. Head tries to lace a little on the way down.

Smell is of citrusy and piney hops with a little bit of other fruit smell in there as well. Malty sweetness is at a minimal.

The taste is a bit unbalanced but it is an IPA. There is a flash of sweetness up front then a blast of lemon zest hops. The flavor does not linger but is gone with a dry feeling on the mouth.

Sampled at the BridgePort brewhouse in NW Portland not long before they shut down for most of 2005 for renovations. (Brewery operations will remain intact but the pub is being redone.) I was pleased and surprised to find it was served at the right temperature! Not too cold, as is a frequent complaint with BP's cask beers. From an imperial pint glass, the IPA shone a bright sunny bronze with a slight haziness and a small but determined head. I couldn't detect much in the way of aroma, but the beer contained a light sweet malt element like the crust of white bread. A big hop flavor quickly usurped the brew, with largely citric flavors (not just grapefruit but a big slice of lemon, too, substantially more than I've typically found in hoppy brews). The hops also contained some grassiness, perhaps a trace of aloe, seaweed, dune grass, and even more exotic flavors like sesame and green tea. The leafiness lingered on the tongue, and while there was some bitterness, the IPA is not nearly as tart as one would expect. Serving it from a firkin may be responsible for smoothing out the beer. In a town with many fine beer options, cask-conditioned BridgePort IPA remains a top choice.